January is usually one of those months where if you’re not careful the weight of winter can start to get to you, but that hasn’t been the case this year. After having springlike conditions unusually late into the year we’ve just recently been getting the snow I was hoping for, and even though I haven’t quite had my fill of it, chances are it’s the last I’ll see this winter. Aside from the weather this January has seemed uncharacteristically light. The winter doldrums of assignment work have stayed at bay and I’ve had the great opportunity to keep shooting with assignments from the New York Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian to name a few. London has really been decent to me lately, so I must pay a visit at some point. Pics will come at some point.

All that aside, I’m off to New Zealand (Christchurch) come Tuesday, and I’ll be down there for awhile, till about April. If you need me down there try me at my email peter@peterhoffmanphoto.com, skype @peter.g.hoffman and last my NZ cell (only if necessary) at 011 64 2 2010 8045

I’ll leave you with one of my favorite images from the time spent wandering Chicago this summer.